Tech loses another QB to transfer

Quarterback Jack Abraham is transferring from Louisiana Tech after just one season with the program.(Photo: The Clarion-Ledger)

Louisiana Tech's quarterback position is growing thinner by the day.

The Bulldogs lost their second transfer quarterback of the offseason when redshirt freshman Jack Abraham announced Friday he is leaving the program to play elsewhere for his final four years of eligibility.

The Oxford, Mississippi, native was expected to compete with Price Wilson for the No. 2 job behind J'Mar Smith in 2017. But Wilson announced in April he was transferring, which left Abraham as the only other quarterback on the roster beside Smith.

Now, Smith enters summer workouts as the only scholarship signal caller on campus after Jon Randall Belton, a former quarterback at West Monroe, moved to inside wide receiver.

Abraham was a late get by Tech in 2016. He originally committed to Tulane before reopening his commitment and signing with Tech.

A Mississippi Gatorade Player of the Year by USA Today in 2015, Abraham racked up an impressive 5,091 yards and 57 touchdowns to help lead Oxford to its third straight 5A state title game. He was on campus last spring as an early enrollee and sat out his freshman season, which included a minor surgical procedure to repair his knee, behind Ryan Higgins, Smith and Wilson.

Abraham flashed during spring practice and had several nice throws during Tech's spring game, but with Smith as the quarterback of the future, playing time may be hard to come by in the future.

His departure comes just a few days after Blinn Junior College (Texas) quarterback Westin Elliott announced he would join Tech in the summer as a preferred walk-on.

Additional help is coming in the form of Elijah Walker, a three-star signee from Amite who could be the Bulldogs' backup quarterback as a true freshman.

Tech is high on Walker and his potential for the next four or five years.

"The skies the limit for him. I think he's the best quarterback in the whole area we recruit," Tech assistant head coach and recruiting coordinator Joe Sloan told The News-Star in February. "He's exactly the guy we wanted."